Faux Icing

A new article

https://www.fauxicing.com/reads/monotype_sellfonts

Almost five years ago on @fontstruct@typo.social, I created the hashtag #nfnw (Never Finished, Never Will) as a way to share a small collection of typefaces I knew I wouldn’t complete.

Instead of letting them sit unfinished, I released them so others could draw inspiration from them and freely reuse the ideas in their own work.

I never imagined that #nfnw would grow into something others would embrace, sharing their own half-finished font projects with the community. It genuinely brings me joy to see such generosity and openness so that ideas can circulate, evolve, and be remixed in creative new ways.

https://fontstruct.com/gallery/tag/43128/nfnw?page=1

I'm very impressed at OTT Foundry's type samples of their new font, Buzz. They nailed the tabloid pastiche and did so much to prove its workhorse worthiness, all with a *single* weight/cut.

https://ott-foundry.com/typefaces/buzz

How to one up a @kevlin@mastodon.social

I found out that rather than waiting for a glue gun to heat up, I can just use a lighter to heat the end of a glue stick and dab the melted end to where I want things to adhere.

It's faster and I don't have to deal with extra glue dribbling from the tip of the glue gun thereafter.

*P.S.: Of course, please don't hold the lighter to the glue that long that it starts dripping from the stick itself, and don't use a short glue stick so that your fingers don't get exposed to an open flame.

Me when I get too excited about type weights and ligatures and try to implement it in every way at the expense of comprehension:

Occasionally I enjoy adding five spice to my latte... I think it works

I am (very) slowly adding my font back catalog into my website. Alt Sans is one of them, a type family that modifies Poppins Bold into four display styles. Burst is my favourite. All fonts are under the Open Font License (OFL).

Free for download at https://www.fauxicing.com/fonts#h.y7us8rvf4g3m

(P.S.: All download links provided in my website should now be direct links; no Google account needed!)

It's uncanny how this happened the day after my article got published

After years of observing locksmith stickers, I’ve finally compiled a comprehensive breakdown of their design language and pasting methods.

https://uxdesign.cc/locksmith-stickers-are-annoying-but-kind-of-genius-85690b7ae045

@octothorpean@typo.social I'm in the midst of working on a new writing project and these supporting images happened. Perhaps you may like it.

https://kusgrp.com/metal-works/product/railing-works/

I like how this photo gallery of their railing works unintentionally became a liminal space gallery